Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s4.12

c29.s4.12

| ETYMA (IN THE CORPUS) | REF.NO. | DRAVIDIAN |
| **ceṇṇaṉ** (N.) | 106.1.b | ceṇṇa (Ka. inscr., *Epi. Car.* XIII: Index); cf. *ceṇṇu*, *ceṇṇam* (*TL*). |
| **ce(m)-** (adj.) | 22.1.a, 61.4.a, 62.4.a, 63.2.a, 109.1.a, 110.1.a | *cem-* (D. 2747). |
| **ceyta** (v.) | 49.7 | *cey* (D. 1957). |
| **ceytā[ṉ\*]** (v.) | 55.4 | id. |
| **ceypita** (*ceypitta*) (v.) | 89.3 | id. |
| **ceyvittāṉ** (v.) | 88.2 | id. |
| **cēyita** (LT *ceyta*) (v.) | 76.6 | id. |
| **ceyitāṉ** (LT *ceytāṉ*) (v.) | 73.7 | id. |
| **ceyipita** (*ceyipitta*) (v.) | 65.5 | id. |
| **ceyivitta** (LT *ceyvitta*) (v.) | 83.5 | id. |
| **cel** (N.) | 61.7.b, 62.7.b | Cf. *cel* 'thunderbolt' (*TL*) or *cel-v-am*, *cellam* (D. 2786). |
| **ceṟ-** (*ceṟṟ-*) (LT *ciṟṟ-*) (adj.) | 12.4.a | Cf. *ciṟṟu* (Ta.), *ceṟṟu* (Ma.) (D. 1594). |
| **cē** (N.) | 83.2.a, 83.4.a | Cf. *cē-k-kiḻār* 'a family name' (*TL*); *cē* 'redness' (D. 1931), 'bull' (D. 2818), 'Taurus zodiac sign' (*TL*). |
| **cē-iya** (v.) | 2.10 | From *cē* (LT *cey*, D. 1957). |
| **cētavar** (LT *ceytavar*) (v.) | 35.3 | id.; cf. *cēta* (LT *ceyta*) (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 268) |
| **cēnta-** (N.) | 28.1.b | *cēntaṉ* (*TL*). |
| **cēy-a** (v.) | 31.2 | From *cē* (LT *cey*, D.1957). |
| **cēra-** (N.) | 80.1.c | *cēraṉ* (*TL*). |
| **cēri** (n.) | 112.2.b, 113.1.b | *cēri* (D. 2007). |
| **cēvit-ōṉ** (*cēvittōṉ*) (v.) | 18.3 | From *cē* (LT *cey*, D. 1957); cf. *cēvittāṉ* (inscr., *SII.* V: No. 406); (LT *ceyvittāṉ*). |
| **taṇṭaṉ** (N.) | 109.1.b, 110.1.b | Cf. *taṇṭu* 'to collect' (D. 3054) or 'army, troop' (D. 3055). |
| **tanta** (v.) | 73.3 | *tā* 'to capture' (*TL*); cf. *tā* 'to give to 1st or 2nd person' (D. 3098). |
| **tantai** (n.) | 2.8 | *tantai* (D. 3067). |
| **talai** (n.) | 21.1.b | 'word used as locative suffix' (*TL*), 'place' (*Tivā.* 1023); cf. *tala* (Te.) 'place' (D. 3103). |
| **tātta-** (N.) | 118.2.a | *tāta* (Ka., Te.) (D. 3160); Cf. *tātai* (*TL*). |
| **tāyiyaru** (n.) | 83.3 | Cf. (Ka.) *tāyiyaru* (honorific sing.). from *tāyi* (D. 364). |